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Download - Sharp Zaurus PDA

2014-08-24: This page contains files
for an old version of Tux Paint.
A new version is available (you can
download the source-code).
If a new version is built for this platform, we will add it here.

'Tux Paint for Zaurus' is a ported revision to Sharp's PDA
Zaurus SL series. Only VGA mode is supported. This program
works fine on SL-C700 and SL-C760, but is supposedly capable
of working on the other models with VGA LCD.

This revision is based on version 0.9.14 and the following
modifications have been done for easy-to-use operation with
touch panel of Zaurus.

SDL library for ONScripter

Using Tux Paint for Zaurus:

Installation
Before installing tuxpaint_0.9.14-z2.ipk, you have to install
'onscripter-lib_20031201_arm.ipk' (see below).

Fonts

Basic package has only one font: 'default_font.ttf'. You can
install the other fonts included in original Tux Paint archive
from the 'Extra' package.

If you like to use another 1-byte TrueType font, you copy it to
'/opt/QtPalmtop/share/tuxpaint/fonts/'.

If you want Japanese menus, you have to install a Japanese font
as '/opt/QtPalmtop/share/tuxpaint/fonts/locale/ja.ttf'.
You'll also need to install Japanese locale files.
Please read INSTALL_zau_ja.html
for information on how to setup a Japanese environment.

Stamps

The basic package has only a small number of stamp images, because
it takes a long time to load stamps at start-up on Zaurus.

If you want to install optional stamps, you can download
them from the Tux Paint
source download page
and copy them to
'/opt/QtPalmtop/share/tuxpaint/stamps/'. It's recommend you
select only your favorite ones!

Starter images

The basic pack doesn't include starter images.

If only a few starter images exist in the proper folder, you
have to wait several seconds to open image list.
It is recommended you not install starter images, but if you might
want, you have to copy them to
'/opt/QtPalmtop/share/tuxpaint/starters/'.

Configuration

The "Tux Paint Config." configuration tool for Tux Paint is
currently not available for the Zaurus, so you will have to make a
configuration file by hand ('~/.tuxpaintrc').

Further Information

It takes 30 to 60 seconds to start up this program.
You might suspect the program has hung, but please wait
still until the Tux penguin image appears.

If your PDA is not ready to print, don't press the 'Print'
button, as the program will creash. To avold this problem,
start up tuxpaint with '--noprint' option, or write the
following line in the '~/.tuxpaintrc' config. file:
'noprint=yes'.